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Hannah Arendt: Total loyalty is...

Hannah Arendt: Total loyalty is...

Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might...

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Rachel Carson: Those who contemplate...

Rachel Carson: Those who contemplate...

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life...

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Susanna Moodie: I have no...

Susanna Moodie: I have no...

I have no wish for a second husband. l had enough of the first. I like to have my own way to lie down mistress, and...

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Barbara McClintock: I've just been...

Barbara McClintock: I've just been...

I've just been so interested in what I was doing [genetic research] that I never thought of stopping, and I just hated...

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Sarah Winnemucca: If you make...

Sarah Winnemucca: If you make...

If you make fun of bad persons you make yourself beneath them. . . . Be kind to bad and good, for you don't know your...

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Ellen Swallow Richards: I am really...

Ellen Swallow Richards: I am really...

I am really astonished at the amount of work we do. The only trouble here, they wont [sic] let us study enough. I...

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Aimee Semple Mcpherson: With God, I...

Aimee Semple Mcpherson: With God, I...

With God, I can do all things! But with God and you, and the people who you can interest, by the grace of God, we're...

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Martina Navratilova: The moment of...

Martina Navratilova: The moment of...

The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else.

Source:...

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bell hooks: She wants to...

bell hooks: She wants to...

She wants to express herself -- to speak her mind. To them it is just talking back.

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Mary Ritter Beard: Woman's success in...

Mary Ritter Beard: Woman's success in...

Woman's success in lifting men out of their way of life nearly resembling that of the beasts -- who merely hunted and...

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: The essence of...

Eleanor Holmes Norton: The essence of...

The essence of a free life is being able to choose the style of living you prefer free from exclusion and without the...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: Ah! I shall...

Marie Anne du Deffand: Ah! I shall...

Ah! I shall repeat it endlessly, the only misfortune is to be born!

Source: In An...

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Clara Barton: . . ....

Clara Barton: . . ....

. . . the surest test of discipline is its absence.

Source: The Story
-- Clara...

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Hannah Arendt: Ideas, as distinguished...

Hannah Arendt: Ideas, as distinguished...

Ideas, as distinguished from events, are never unprecedented.

Source: In The...

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Marian Anderson: I always bear...

Marian Anderson: I always bear...

I always bear in mind that my mission is to leave behind me the kind of impression that will make it easier for those...

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Mary Harris Mother Jones: Injustice boils in...

Mary Harris Mother Jones: Injustice boils in...

Injustice boils in men's hearts as does steel in its caldron, ready to pour forth, white hot, in the fullness of...

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Ruth Benedict: We grow in...

Ruth Benedict: We grow in...

We grow in time to trust the future for our answers.

Source: An Anthropologist at...

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Experience, like a...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Experience, like a...

Experience, like a pale musician, holds
A dulcimer of patience in his hand.


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Marie Curie: To be nobody-but-yourself...

Marie Curie: To be nobody-but-yourself...

To be nobody-but-yourself -- in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else -- means to...

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Joan L Curcio: Courageous risks are...

Joan L Curcio: Courageous risks are...

Courageous risks are life giving, they help you grow, make you brave and better than you think you...

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